1997 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THEY CAN HEAR A LOUD NOISE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

WHILE IN MOTION, THE PALSTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD SUFFERED A FATIGUE CRACK. THERE ARE THREE RECALL PROGRAMS AND A SEVEN YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED BUT NONE COVERED THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES PAID FOR REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLE AND THAT THIS VEHICLE BE ADDED UNDER THE RECALL PROGRAM. *JG (STEVEN SWANN ATTORNEY AT LAW ON BEHALF OF MR. AND MRS. FABRIKANT.)

OWNER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT ONTO A MAJOR ROAD AND BRAKE PEDAL DESCENDED TO FLOOR. OWNER NOTICED THAT ALL FLUID HAD RUN OUT ONTO THE GROUND. A STEEL BRAKE LINE THAT RAN PARALLEL WITH GAS LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. *AK *YH REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE OVERHEATED AND DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED . CONSUMER STATEED THAT MANIFOLD SHOULD BE METAL. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD REPAIR COST. *YH

MOLDING AROUNG THE FRONT AND REAR WINDOWS ARE DETERIORATING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT BOTH WINDOWS NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE MOLDING ARE MADE ONTO THE WINDOWS. ASKING NHTSA TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO ROLL BACK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED POWER WINDOW REGULATOR. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING ON THE SAME WINDOW. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A NARROW CURVE IN THE MOUNTAINS, CONSUMER BRIEFLY FLASHED THE HEADLIGHTS TO HIGH BEAMS, UPON RELEASING THEM TO THE NORMAL POSITION, THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY LEAVING THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS, A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE STEERING ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED A SWITCH, HOWEVER SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED FOR THE THIRD TIME. *JB *SCC

AT 65-70 MPH STEAM CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, ENOUGH TO FOG UP THE WINDSHIELD. DEALER DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED, FLOODING ENGINE WITH COOLANT.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT LINCOLN KNEW OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL MANIFOLD BECAUSE WHEN THE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED, IT WAS REPLACED WITH AN ALUMINUM MADE MANIFOLD. CONSUMER HAS THE ORIGINAL MOLDING IN POSSESSION AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH, THERE WAS STEAM COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE LOST ALL COOLING FLUID. DEALER DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A 3 INCH FATIGUE CRACK.*AK CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED RECALL 97M91 REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF WATER LEAKING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND INFORMED OF A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED IN A FORWARD AREA THAT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC